Paratropididae, also known as baldlegged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs). Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: Anisaspis Simon, 1892 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anisaspoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil Melloina Brignoli, 1985 – Venezuela, Panama Paratropis Simon, 1889 – South America Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 References Mygalomorphae families